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Voices from the Moon

What it was like, in the astronauts’ own words.

By
Andrew Chaikin and Victoria Kohl

May 19, 2009

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Dave Scott, Apollo 15 Commander

(NASA)

When Shepard came back from 14,…I said, “Hey Al, what’s it really like?”…And all he had to do was look me in the eye, and I could read it. And he said, “It’s spectacular.” And that’s all I needed to know.

(Photo: Alan Shepard takes his first steps on the moon's Fra Mauro highlands.)